SAT English Practice Question
While studying the history of the Civil War, a student discovered that in 1863, a Black man named Robert Smalls, who had escaped slavery, managed to steal a Confederate ship and sail it to Union forces. Smalls’s actions not only helped the Union win the war, but they also helped to inspire other enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- A.win the war, but they also inspired other enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- B.win the war, inspiring other enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- C.win the war; inspiring other enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
- D.win the war, and inspiring other enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
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